Wage increase after completing the "Federal VET Diploma retail specialist" apprenticeship
The Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (VET Diploma) certifies that you have a sound and federally recognized basic education. This qualification enables you to work in the retail tradecarry out more demanding work independently and take on more responsibilitythan without Federal VET Diploma,which is usually also reflected in the salary.
You can find out what this actually looks like for a Federal VET Diploma retail specialist with a calculation in the federal government's statistical salary calculator "Salarium".
Calculation of the possible wage increase through the acquisition of the retail specialist catch-up training Federal VET Diploma / retail specialist catch-up training Federal VET Diploma
We have calculated a case for you as an example: 30-year-old Sven works as a sales assistant in an electronics store in Zug. He didn't learn it, but because he was interested in electronic devices of all kinds from an early age, he has acquired extensive knowledge over time. Initially, he helped out in the warehouse on an hourly basis, but over time he was also allowed to serve customers. His salary then rose to around CHF 4,610 per month when he was taken on permanently as a salesman.
Wage increase after the adult retail course
At some point, he realized that without an apprenticeship certificate, many further training paths were blocked or very difficult to access. With the support of his district manager, he is therefore now completing a retail course for adults in order to obtain an apprenticeship certificate as a retail specialist in the electronics sector. At 32, he will have his Federal VET Diploma retail specialist apprenticeship certificate in his hands and will then be given further responsibility as a trained salesperson. His new salary will be around 4,975.He will therefore probably earn CHF 365 or 8% more per month as a Federal VET Diploma retail specialist than before.
Your personal salary opportunities depend on various criteria such as the industry, the region, your employer, your previous training, your professional experience and your age. You can use the "Salarium" salary calculator to calculate your potential salary increase as a retail specialist Federal VET Diploma.
Click on the salary calculator (at source) and then on the "Calculate salary" button:
- Region: Choose your region / place of work (in the example Central Switzerland)
- Industry: Select your industry (in the example 47 retail trade)
- Occupational group: Enter "Retail specialist Federal VET Diploma" and Salarium will suggest the corresponding occupational group: 52 sales staff
- Position in the company: Without management function
- Hours per week: 42
- Training: Vocational education and training (VET)
- Age: Your estimated age after completing the continuing education, further training (32 in the example)
- Years of service: Your number of years of service (0 in the example)
- Company size: In the example 20-49 employees
- 12/13 monthly salary: 12 monthly salaries
- Special payments: No
- Monthly/hourly wage: Monthly wage
Source:Federal Statistical Office
Note: This sample calculation refers to the data from Salarium (end of 2024). You can find informationhere. A list of other payroll calculator tools is availablehere.
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